James Brolin: movies and TV shows
James Brolin has 178 credits in the archive: 123 films and 55 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: People's Choice Awards (9.2/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1997 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ransom Canyon | Cap Fuller | TV | 7.1 | 84 |
| 2023 | Amityville: An Origin Story | Self- Archive | TV | 7.5 | 82 |
| 2023 | La Californie ! | Self - Actor | TV | 8.0 | 82 |
| 2022 | Lightyear | Zurg (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 81 |
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 80 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 78 |
| 2018 | Eli Roth's History of Horror | Self | TV | 6.4 | 77 |
| 2018 | Royal Hearts | Hank Pavlik | Film | 6.1 | 77 |
| 2018 | Royal Hearts | Film | 6.1 | 77 | |
| 2018 | Royal Hearts | Film | 6.1 | 77 | |
| 2017 | Steve | Self | TV | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Self | Film | 7.6 | 76 |
| 2017 | Being Rose | Max | Film | 5.8 | 76 |
| 2017 | Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! | Self | Film | 7.1 | 76 |
| 2016 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Jack | Film | 6.2 | 75 |
| 2016 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Film | 6.2 | 75 | |
| 2016 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Film | 6.2 | 75 | |
| 2016 | A Beautiful Day | Gene Thompson | Film | 5.8 | 75 |
| 2016 | The Steps | Ed | Film | 6.4 | 75 |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces | John Short | TV | 7.1 | 74 |
| 2015 | Accidental Love | Speaker Buck McCoy | Film | 4.3 | 74 |
| 2015 | The 33 | Jeff Hart | Film | 6.4 | 74 |
| 2015 | Sisters | Bucky Ellis | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2014 | When Calls the Heart | Judge Jedidiah Black | TV | 8.3 | 73 |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Max | Film | 5.9 | 73 |
| 2014 | It Came From Connemara! | Self | Film | 4.5 | 73 |
| 2013 | Christmas with Tucker | Bo | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2012 | Blackout | Terrance Danfield | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2011 | Love, Wedding, Marriage | Bradley | Film | 5.2 | 70 |
| 2011 | Last Will | Det. Sloan | Film | 4.0 | 70 |
| 2010 | The Defenders | Teddy Kaczmarek | TV | 7.2 | 69 |
| 2010 | True Grit | Frank James (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2010 | Burlesque | Mr. Anderson | Film | 7.2 | 69 |
| 2010 | Angel Camouflaged | Salt | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 2010 | Standing Ovation | Film | 3.3 | 69 | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2009 | Castle | Jackson Hunt | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2009 | Community | William Winger | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2009 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Ben Selleck | Film | 5.4 | 68 |
| 2009 | Bitter/Sweet | Calvert Jenkins | Film | 4.8 | 68 |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Brian | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2008 | Lost City Raiders | John "Pa" Kubiak | Film | 4.7 | 67 |
| 2008 | Evolution of the Apes | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2008 | The American Standards | Jack Jennings | Film | 5.3 | 67 |
| 2008 | The American Standards | Film | 5.3 | 67 | |
| 2008 | The Secret Behind Escape | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2008 | Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2008 | End of an Epic: The Final Battle | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2008 | From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2007 | The Hunting Party | Franklin Harris | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2007 | Bad Girl Island | Terry Bamba | Film | 4.1 | 66 |
| 2007 | Bad Girl Island | Film | 4.1 | 66 | |
| 2006 | Psych | Hank Mendel | TV | 7.9 | 65 |
| 2006 | The Alibi | Bob Hatch | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 2006 | Wedding Wars | Governor Conrad Welling | Film | 5.5 | 65 |
| 2005 | Category 7: The End of the World | Donny Hall | TV | 6.7 | 64 |
| 2005 | Widow on the Hill | Hank Cavanaugh | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 2005 | For God's Sake, Get Out! | Self | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Ken Cooper | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2003 | The Reagans | Ronald Reagan | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2003 | The Reagans | Ronald Reagan | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV | 4.8 | 62 |
| 2002 | Monk | Daniel Thorn | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Jack Barnes | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2002 | The Master of Disguise | Fabbrizio Disguisey | Film | 4.0 | 61 |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher | The Captain (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self | TV | 3.8 | 60 |
| 2001 | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | self | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 2000 | Traffic | General Ralph Landry | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2000 | Children of Fortune | Dave Passenger | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Richard Finley | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Gov. Robert Ritchie | TV | 8.3 | 58 |
| 1999 | To Love, Honor, & Betray | Ted Brennan | Film | 3.0 | 58 |
| 1998 | A Marriage of Convenience | Mason Whitney | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 56 |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Self - Host | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1997 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Lt. Col. Bill Kelly | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1997 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | TV | 6.6 | 56 | |
| 1997 | Goodbye America | Ed Johnson | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 1997 | We the People | Alan Lesard | Film | 4.0 | 56 |
| 1997 | We the People | Film | 4.0 | 56 | |
| 1997 | My Brother's War | John Hall | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1997 | My Brother's War | Film | 5.0 | 56 | |
| 1997 | The Haunted Sea | Captain Ramsey | Film | 2.5 | 56 |
| 1997 | Lewis & Clark & George | Reverend Red | Film | 4.5 | 56 |
| 1997 | Scent of Vengeance | John Richardson | Film | 3.7 | 56 |
| 1996 | Blood Money | Lt. Kincaid | Film | 3.3 | 55 |
| 1996 | Cannes Man | Self | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1996 | Hijacked: Flight 285 | Ron Showman | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1996 | Tracks of a Killer | David Hawkner | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1996 | To Face Her Past | Greg Hollander | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1996 | Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season | Elliott Manning | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1995 | Extreme | Reese Wheeler | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1995 | Savate | Colonel Jones | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1995 | Der schwarze Fluch | David Levinski / Charles Marlowe | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1995 | The Expert | Warden Munsey | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1995 | Terminal Virus | McCabe | Film | 3.8 | 54 |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Mitchell Farrell | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1994 | Relative Fear | Det. Atwater | Film | 5.2 | 53 |
| 1994 | Indecent Behavior II | Liam O'Donnell | Film | 4.8 | 53 |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives | Professor Spencer Jones | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1994 | The Visual Bible: Acts | Peter | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1994 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | Ryan Allison | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1993 | Cheatin' Hearts | Henry | Film | 3.7 | 52 |
| 1993 | Angel Falls | Luke Larson | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1993 | Visions of Murder | Hal | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1993 | Gunsmoke: The Long Ride | John Parsley | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1992 | Gas Food Lodging | John Evans | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1992 | The Sands of Time | Col. Ramon Acoca | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1992 | Twin Sisters | Michael Mallory | Film | 3.9 | 51 |
| 1991 | Ted & Venus | Max Waters | Film | 4.5 | 50 |
| 1991 | And the Sea Will Tell | Mac Graham | TV | — | 50 |
| 1991 | And the Sea Will Tell | Mac Graham | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Doctor | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1990 | Bad Jim | B.D. Sweetman | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1990 | Nightmare on the 13th Floor | Dr. Alan Lanier | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1990 | Back Stab | Cliff Murphy | Film | 4.8 | 49 |
| 1990 | High Score | Budetzky | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1989 | Voice of the Heart | Victor Mason | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1989 | Finish Line | Martin Shrevelow | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1987 | Hold the Dream | Ross Nelson | TV | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1987 | Intimate Betrayal | Michael Wakefield | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1986 | Intimate Encounters | Nick Atkins | Film | 3.8 | 45 |
| 1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | "P. W." | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1985 | Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues | Harry Wilde | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1983 | White Water Rebels | Mike McKay | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1983 | Cowboy | Ward McNally | Film | — | 42 |
| 1982 | Hotel | Peter McDermott | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1982 | Hotel | TV | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders | Paul Marshall | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1982 | Mae West | Jim Timony | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1981 | High Risk | Stone | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1980 | Night of the Juggler | Sean Boyd | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1979 | The Amityville Horror | George Lutz | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy | Clayton Pfanner | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1977 | Capricorn One | Col. Charles Brubaker | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1977 | The Car | Wade Parent | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1976 | Gable and Lombard | Clark Gable | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 9.2 | 34 |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self | TV | 9.2 | 34 |
| 1974 | Trapped | Chuck Brenner | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1973 | Westworld | John Blane | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1973 | Class of '63 | Joe Hart | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Jerome K. Weber | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1972 | Short Walk to Daylight | Tom Phelan | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Dr. Steven Kiley | TV | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1971 | The Pet Set | Self | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | TV | 6.2 | 28 | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Steven Kiley | TV | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities | Steven Kiley | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1968 | The Boston Strangler | Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1967 | The Cape Town Affair | Skip McCoy | Film | 4.1 | 26 |
| 1966 | Batman | Officer Reggie Hogan | TV | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1966 | Batman | Driver | TV | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1966 | Batman | Kid Gulliver | TV | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1966 | The Monroes | TV | 6.8 | 25 | |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Technician | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1966 | Our Man Flint | Technician (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1966 | Way... Way Out | Ted Robertson | Film | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1966 | Planet of the Apes Test Reel | Cornelius | Film | — | 25 |
| 1965 | Von Ryan's Express | Private Ames | Film | 7.1 | 24 |
| 1965 | Dear Brigitte | Student at Leaf Rally | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited) | Film | 3.8 | 24 |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day | TV | 8.0 | 23 | |
| 1963 | The Patty Duke Show | TV | 6.3 | 22 | |
| 1963 | Take Her, She's Mine | Mel (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 22 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 21 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 21 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 20 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 20 |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | TV | 10.0 | 20 | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 3 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member | TV | 7.1 | 3 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 3 |
| Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars" | Self | Film | — | — |